A crowd gathers at the front of the Express News office after the attack. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS

KARACHI: Three people were wounded at the Express Media Group’s Karachi office on Monday when an attack utilising improvised bombs and heavy weapons was carried out by unknown assailants.

“Offices of the local Express newspaper and television channel were apparently the target of the attack, which wounded at least three people,” senior local police official Nasir Aftab said.

The building contains staff of the Express News channel, Daily Express Urdu newspaper and The Express Tribune English newspaper.

It was not clear who was responsible for the attack or what the motive was. A local intelligence official also confirmed the incident.

Unidentified men had fired shots from the adjacent KPT Interchange, Express News reported. One car was badly damaged from the hail of bullets in the attack. CCTV footage shows two blasts outside the office followed by firing.

The FIR of the attack has been registered against unknown persons at the Baloch colony police station.

This is the second attack on the office in the space of four months. In the first attack on the Karachi office, a woman and a guard were injured after unknown assailants opened fire.

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1:20am

The FIR of the attack has been registered against unknown persons at the Baloch colony police station.

Express News correspondent Rehan Khan said that there was some dispute over which of the police stations’ jurisdiction the building falls under because the Express Media Group office falls under the jurisdiction of the Baloch Colony Police Station and the KPT flyover, from where the attack was carried out, falls under the jurisdiction of the Korangi Police Station.

Eventually, the complaint against unknown persons, was registered at the Baloch Colony Police Station. The complaint also filed under anti-terrorism laws.

Police will also seek CCTV footage from Express Media group over the attack, having already collected evidence from the crime scene earlier in the evening.

DIG South Khalid Shaikh has promised to catch the culprits soon.

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9:20pm

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting‚ Pervaiz Rashid has condemned the attack on Express News office in Karachi.

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8:40pm

Scenes from outside the Express office right now. The bridge from where the attack took place is visible.

PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS

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8:20pm

Unidentified men had fired shots from the adjacent KPT Interchange, Express News reported.

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8:13pm

One car was badly damaged from the hail of bullets in the attack.

CCTV footage of attack:

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8:05pm

Tribune staffers tweet about the incident:

Grenades were hurled from the KPT flyover overlooking the offices of Express Media Group – landed near guards post

God help those leaders and maybe finish their political career of leaders who are apologists to zombies. Apologists are more concerned about zombies dying in drones then for poor countrymen of mine who live in the fear of the very same zombies. I wish Musharraf would somehow come into power as he was and is the only one who is able to implement writ of state with carrot and stick policy. I wish Musharraf sahab well!

Bravo the entire team of Express Media Group!!
The entire nation is with you in this difficult time and we condemn this coward act by criminals.
The Chief Minister must take notice of this cowardice and order arrest of criminals within 24 hours. If the police fails to arrest these culprits then Rangers &other intelligence agencies should arrest so that the culprits are brought to justice under Pakistan Protection Ordinance.

I wonder if ET will blame Imran Khan for this incident as well. After all, they hold him accountable for all the mess in the country, giving the impression that he’s the root cause of all the problems.

@Mohsin: Yes definitely he is the part of the problem when he is for appeasing zombies and surrendering the state to them. A harsh word to use but hez a munafiq i tell you i have seen how he roams around in England and where he goes and what he preaches in his political sermons is completely different

Strange! Armed attack on the mouthpiece of terrorists_Express News. The very Express News which presents Hazara(Quetta) victims of the terrorists as victims of drone attacks.The attack seems stage-managed.

it must be the work of PTI or JI extremists. you have been relentlessly exposing these goons for quite some time now. you have exposed imran khan and his opportunistic politics. it must be the work of these elements.

It is shameful and coward acts by those who want to muzzle the free press in Pakistan. I say keep on serving the nation and don’t get intimidated by these criminals and terrorists. We will win eventually, and the truth will prevail. My heart felt sympathy to those who are injured in this criminal act, my prayers are with them.

ET was recently publishing the news of Karachi party local leader resignation etc etc and got attack. They should be happy that this does not happens when on daily basis they write against PTI.
Whenever they write against Karachi party this happens :(

Hello, Raw? RAW speaking, We are under attack by terrorists, kindly help us. Okay, Jatt, Rawiswar, ZaidHamid, GP65, Vikas are poojing right now. Dey will be availables on next available rickshaw, all has completed 10 day Sunni Deol training.Recommend

There were quite a few disrespectful articles on Narendra Modi, for e.g ‘Cyber-Hindus’: India’s new breed of political activists, and also some scornful articles on MQM(Karachi’s Shiv Sena and RSS), and MQM is an staunch Indian supporter. Seems some kind of nexus.
There are far too many double games going on these days…this is anybodies guess till some reports surfaces in.

first of all i console with you against such a heinous attack but,
for what you are crying? it is the reward for your policy. when you publish (last days it was published in express Urdu paper) editorial encouraging government to take proper military action for eliminating the terrorists from within Pakistan so that America loose an excuse for drone attacks. and when you openly condemn jamiat students gunda gardi (while you know very well that there is a close nexus between jamiat and al-qaida, and you know that natha singh and prem singh are one thing and the same thing). and you also know that to search your offices in Pakistan is normal, then who advised you to speak truth?
so, kindly if you have to continue the policy of speaking truth openly – – either be ready to be targeted or take your safety measures on your own. any demand from government shall be a wastage of time.
wish you good luck.

Only the cowards would attack a news organization. We strongly condemn all acts of senseless violence and send our best wishes for early recovery of folks injured in these attacks. News organizations play a vital role in nation building, and by attacking them what message are the terrorists trying to send? Time to ponder!

ET is best newspaper coming from Pakistan. Earlier it was Dawn but, ET has taken it over in almost no time. Please be safe as your transparent and impartial reporting won’t be liked by many in Pakistan.

Express News Group has done splendid and brave journalism over the years, complemented by their beautiful websites and marvellous printed newspapers. Unfortunately the righteous have always paid the price in Pakistan. May the forces of evil be destroyed from Pakistan.